Husky Galore

And Loving It
It was with trembling and trepidation that I accompanied

spyinthehaus to a showing of Get Smart at the Tottenham Court Road Odeon.

The 1960s original, a spy spoof starring Don Adams as loveable bungler Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, and Barbara Feldon as his beautiful, patient partner 99, is probably my favourite TV programme ever and has been a massive influence on my tastes and personality since I first caught it on Channel 4's teatime slot at the age of 11, as anyone who knows my email address must be aware.

Beloved old shows are seldom handled well on the big screen (hello, Lost in Space and The Avengers) and the aficionados on the Get Smart mailing-list had been savaging the film since its US release, so I was fully expecting to weep and wail and walk out.

Instead I found myself chuckling all the way through, with occasional outbreaks of laughing out loud. What follows has almost nothing to do with reviewing the movie on its own merits; it is ( pure fannish opinion. )

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